Muhammad Takdir

Born on 27 January 1968,^[1] Takdir was a 1986 alumni of the IMMIM Putra pesantren in Makassar.^[2] He studied international law at the Hasanuddin University.^[3] He also completed further education at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.^[4]

Takdir joined the foreign ministry in March 1996.^[1] In 1999, he became part of the United Nation's observer team for East Timor and, from 1999 until 2000, was part of a negotiating team from Indonesia on the opening of the Bank of China.^[5] During the tenure of ambassador to Canada Eki Syachrudin, he was assigned to the economic section of the embassy in Ottawa^[5] with the rank of third secretary.^[6]

Around the mid-2007, Takdir was posted to the economic section of the embassy in Vienna with the rank of second secretary.^[7] During his posting in Vienna, from 2007 to 2008 Takdir was part of OPEC's legal team.^[5] By 2009, he was promoted to the rank of first secretary.^[8] He returned to an overseas assignment in 2014 at the economic section of the permanent mission in Geneva with the rank of counsellor.^[9] By 2016, Takdir had already reached the diplomatic rank of minister-counsellor.^[10][11] In 2019, he applied for an assistant deputy position at the coordinating ministry for economic affairs, but was not accepted.^[12]

From 2020 to September 2023, Takdir served as the chief of the foreign ministry's Asia-Pacific regional policy strategy agency.^[13] On 8 August 2023, he became the deputy chief of mission at the embassy in Brussels.^[14] He began his duties as deputy chief of mission on 1 October that year.^[15] During his posting, Takdir requested the European Union to further delay the implementation of the EU Regulation on Deforestation-free products, stating that it is "unworkable" for Indonesia.^[16]

On 17 September 2025, Takdir became the chief of the foreign policy strategy agency.^[17]